Bloemena, E.
- Professor (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)
Expertise
- Oral cancer
- Salivary gland tumors
- Head and neck pathology
Professional interests
- Molecular markers in oral carcinogenesis
- Oral precursor lesions
- Molecular biology of salivary gland tumors
Professional employment history
| Year | Occupation |
| 2003 - present | Professor of Oral Pathology, Academic Center of Dentistry Amsterdam |
| 1996 - present | Staff member (pathologist), Dept of Pathology, VU University medical centre, Amsterdam |
| 1990-1992 | Post doc fellow, Dept of Pathology, VU University medical centre, Amsterdam |
| 1989-1990 | Post doc fellow, Dept of Immunology Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam |
| 1989 | PhD in Medicine. Thesis: Immunosuppressive mechanisms of prednisolone and cyclosporin A |
| 1985-1989 | Research fellow, Dept of Clinical Immunobiology, Central Laboratory of the Dutch Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam |
| 1983-1985 | Assistant research fellow, Dept Tumorbiology, National Cancer Institute, Amsterdam |
| 1983 | Artsexamen |
| 1980 | Doctoraal examen Geneeskunde |
Selected scientific publications
Braakhuis BJ, Bloemena E, Leemans CR, Brakenhoff RH.
Molecular analysis of surgical margins in head and neck cancer: More than a marginal issue. Oral Oncol. 2010 Feb 25.
Vékony H, Röser K, Löning T, Ylstra B, van Wieringen W, van de Wiel M, Kok K, Leemans CR, van der Waal I, Bloemena E.
Copy number gain at 8q12.1-q22.1 is associated with a malignant tumor phenotype in salivary gland myoepitheliomas. Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 2009;48:202-212.
Schaaij-Visser TB, Graveland AP, Gauci S, Braakhuis BJ, Buijze M, Heck AJ, Kuik DJ, Bloemena E, Leemans CR, Slijper M, Brakenhoff RH.
Differential Proteomics Identifies Protein Biomarkers That Predict Local Relapse of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Clin Cancer Res. 2009 15: 7666-75.
Graveland AP, de Maaker M, Braakhuis BJ, de Bree R, Eerenstein SE, Bloemena E, Leemans CR, Brakenhoff RH.
Molecular detection of minimal residual cancer in surgical margins of head and neck cancer patients. Cell Oncol. 2009;31:317-328.
Vékony H, Ylstra B, Wilting SM, Meijer GA, van de Wiel MA, Leemans CR, van der Waal I, Bloemena E.
DNA copy number gains at loci of growth factors and their receptors in salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2007;13:3133-9.
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (from 1999 until now)